ADC10030CIVT/NOPB - 10-Bit 30MSPS 125mW ADC | Texas Instruments
MPN: ADC10030CIVT/NOPB ✓ Active| Qty | Unit Price | Extended |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $12.5 | $12.50 |
| 10 | $11.2 | $112.00 |
| 100 | $9.85 | $985.00 |
| 500 | $8.4 | $4,200.00 |
| 1,000 | $7.25 | $7,250.00 |
ADC10030CIVT/NOPB Overview
An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is a mixed-signal data acquisition IC that converts continuous-time analog voltages into discrete digital codes for downstream DSP, microcontrollers, or FPGAs. The pipelined architecture used in the ADC10030 family (pipeline ADC -> sub-ranging ADC -> Nyquist ADC -> data converter -> mixed-signal IC -> semiconductor) achieves high sampling rates at moderate resolution by processing successive stages on different clock edges, balancing latency, area, and power. This hierarchy positions the ADC10030 between low-cost SAR ADCs (slow, high-resolution) and high-speed flash ADCs (fast, low-resolution, expensive).
Key features of the ADC10030CIVT/NOPB include 10-bit resolution, 30 MSPS guaranteed sampling rate, typical 125 mW power dissipation from a single 3.3V supply, internal sample-and-hold, pipelined architecture with on-chip reference, single-ended analog input, and an industrial -40C to +85C operating temperature range. The 32-pin TQFP-32 (7x7 mm) is a thin plastic quad flat pack designed for surface-mount manufacturing, with a gull-wing lead profile and an exposed thermal pad-style heat slug to the silicon die.
Typical applications for the ADC10030CIVT/NOPB include IF/baseband digitization in communications receivers, CCD/CIS imaging signal chains, ultrasound and medical imaging front-end cards, portable and battery-powered instrumentation, and general-purpose data acquisition systems. The single 3.3V supply and 125 mW dissipation make it appropriate for thermal- and power-constrained embedded designs.
When designing with this part, place a ferrite bead and decoupling capacitor bank within 5 mm of AVDD/DRVDD pins, keep the analog input trace short and guarded, and provide a clean low-jitter sampling clock. The internal reference requires an external bypass capacitor; do not inject switching noise into REF pins. This page synthesizes distributor pricing, drop-in alternatives, and practical design notes not found in the manufacturer datasheet.
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ADC10030CIVT/NOPB Maximum Ratings & Electrical Characteristics
| Number of Bits | 10 |
| Sampling Rate | 30 MSPS |
| Number of Inputs | 1 |
| Input Type | Single-Ended |
| Data Interface | Parallel |
| Architecture | Pipelined |
| Package | 32-TQFP (7x7 mm) |
| Operating Temperature | -40C to +85C |
| Power Dissipation (Typ) | 125 mW |
| Supply Voltage (Analog/Digital) | 3.3 V (single supply, typical) |
| Sample-and-Hold | Internal |
| Reference | Internal (with external bypass) |
| Mounting Type | Surface Mount |
| RoHS Status | Compliant (per /NOPB suffix) |
ADC10030CIVT/NOPB Pin Configuration
| Pin 1 | AVDD — Analog supply voltage (3.3V) |
| Pin 2 | AIN — Analog input (single-ended) |
| Pin 3 | VREF — Internal reference output (decouple externally) |
| Pin 4 | REFIN — Reference input (tie to VREF for internal reference) |
| Pin 5 | GND — Analog ground |
| Pin 6 | CLK — Sampling clock input |
| Pin 7 | OE — Output enable (active low; tie to GND to enable outputs) |
| Pin 8 | PD — Power-down (active high; tie to GND for normal operation) |
| Pin 9 | DRVDD — Digital output driver supply (3.3V) |
| Pin 10 | DGND — Digital ground |
| Pin 11 | D9 — Digital output bit 9 (MSB) |
| Pin 12 | D8 — Digital output bit 8 |
| Pin 13 | D7 — Digital output bit 7 |
| Pin 14 | D6 — Digital output bit 6 |
| Pin 15 | D5 — Digital output bit 5 |
| Pin 16 | D4 — Digital output bit 4 |
| Pin 17 | DRVDD — Digital output driver supply (3.3V) |
| Pin 18 | DGND — Digital ground |
| Pin 19 | D3 — Digital output bit 3 |
| Pin 20 | D2 — Digital output bit 2 |
| Pin 21 | D1 — Digital output bit 1 |
| Pin 22 | D0 — Digital output bit 0 (LSB) |
| Pin 23 | DGND — Digital ground |
| Pin 24 | DRVDD — Digital output driver supply (3.3V) |
| Pin 25 | DGND — Digital ground |
| Pin 26 | DRVDD — Digital output driver supply (3.3V) |
| Pin 27 | AVDD — Analog supply voltage (3.3V) |
| Pin 28 | GND — Analog ground |
| Pin 29 | AVDD — Analog supply voltage (3.3V) |
| Pin 30 | GND — Analog ground |
| Pin 31 | AVDD — Analog supply voltage (3.3V) |
| Pin 32 | AVDD — Analog supply voltage (3.3V) |
Typical Applications
ADC10030CIVT/NOPB is suitable for 6 applications: IF / Baseband Signal Digitization, CCD / CIS Image Sensor Signal Chain, Portable Test & Measurement Instrumentation, Ultrasound / Medical Imaging Front End, Industrial Data Acquisition Systems, Video Digitizer / Frame Grabber.
IF / Baseband Signal Digitization
The ADC10030CIVT/NOPB is well suited to digitize intermediate-frequency and baseband analog signals in communications receivers, software-defined radio front-ends, and cable-modem/CMTS downstream paths. Its 30 MSPS sample rate comfortably exceeds the Nyquist requirement for baseband signals up to 14 MHz, and the 10-bit resolution provides ~60 dB dynamic range, sufficient for 256-QAM and lower-order digital demodulation. The single +3.3V supply and 125 mW dissipation simplify the LDO and thermal budget in compact receiver cards, while the parallel CMOS interface drops directly into an FPGA or ASIC capture FIFO without an external serializer. The 32-TQFP footprint keeps the analog-input trace short for optimal spurious-free dynamic range.
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CCD / CIS Image Sensor Signal Chain
The ADC10030CIVT/NOPB is a strong fit for digitizing the analog video output of CCD and CMOS image sensor (CIS) arrays used in industrial cameras, document scanners, and machine-vision systems. The pipelined architecture and internal sample-and-hold preserve pixel-to-pixel transient accuracy at line rates up to 30 MHz, while the single-ended analog input accepts the typical DC-restored video output directly. The 10-bit resolution yields 1024 grayscale levels, sufficient for medical and inspection imaging, and the low 125 mW power dissipation keeps thermal noise off the sensor's dark-current floor. Decoupling the AVDD pins with a ferrite bead + 100 nF + 10 uF bank is essential to prevent digital switching noise from coupling back into the analog input.
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Portable Test & Measurement Instrumentation
Handheld oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, and data-acquisition loggers benefit from the ADC10030CIVT/NOPB's 30 MSPS / 10-bit combination and 125 mW dissipation. The single +3.3V rail lets designers power the converter directly from a USB or lithium-ion-derived supply without intermediate regulators, shrinking the BOM and the battery load. Industrial -40C to +85C operation means the part survives field-deployment temperature swings in outdoor and factory environments. The parallel interface avoids the additional latency of an LVDS serializer, simplifying deterministic acquisition for triggering and post-processing in microcontrollers or low-cost FPGAs.
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Ultrasound / Medical Imaging Front End
In B-mode ultrasound and other medical imaging front-ends, the ADC10030CIVT/NOPB digitizes the output of the time-gain-compensated (TGC) receiver chain with adequate dynamic range for diagnostic-quality imaging. The 10-bit resolution (approximately 60 dB SNR) supports mid-tier imaging systems, and the pipelined architecture provides deterministic channel-to-channel latency, important for beamforming alignment across multiple transducer elements. The 125 mW dissipation per channel allows dense multi-channel PCB layouts within the thermal envelope of a cart-based or handheld ultrasound chassis. Designers typically pair it with a low-noise LNA and a dedicated anti-aliasing filter at the analog input.
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Industrial Data Acquisition Systems
Multi-channel industrial data-acquisition cards and PLC analog input modules use the ADC10030CIVT/NOPB to digitize transducer outputs from strain gauges, thermocouples (after amplification), accelerometers, and 4-20 mA loop signals (after shunt conversion). The 30 MSPS rate allows oversampling slower input channels to improve effective resolution via averaging, and the 10-bit native resolution can be extended to ~12-13 effective bits through proper filtering and decimation. The single-ended analog input accepts the common pseudo-differential or single-ended transducer outputs directly when paired with an instrumentation front end. The -40C to +85C industrial temperature range covers factory-floor deployments.
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Video Digitizer / Frame Grabber
The ADC10030CIVT/NOPB digitizes standard-definition analog composite or S-video signals in legacy video capture cards, broadcast monitors, and security DVR front-ends. The 30 MSPS sample rate provides 4x oversampling of a 7.5 MHz luminance carrier for clean chroma demodulation and minimal aliasing artifacts, and the 10-bit resolution yields 1024 brightness levels, sufficient for consumer-grade video editing and surveillance. The internal sample-and-hold and CMOS parallel interface let the part drive an FPGA-based decoder (such as an ITU-R BT.656 deserializer) directly. The 32-TQFP package is easy to route on a 4-layer FR-4 video PCB with controlled-impedance analog input traces.
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Comparison with Alternatives
| Parameter | This Product | ADC10030CIVT | ADC10030EVAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Texas Instruments | Texas Instruments | Texas Instruments |
| Package | 32-TQFP (7x7 mm) | 32-TQFP (7x7 mm) - same | 32-TQFP (7x7 mm) - same |
| Resolution | 10 bit | 10 bit | 10 bit |
| Sampling Rate | 30 MSPS | 30 MSPS | 30 MSPS |
| Architecture | Pipelined | Pipelined | Pipelined |
| Power (typ) | 125 mW | 125 mW | 125 mW |
| Lead Finish | Pb-free matte tin (RoHS) | SnPb (not RoHS) | Pb-free matte tin (RoHS) |
| Supply Voltage | 3.3 V (single) | 3.3 V (single) | 3.3 V (single) |
Key Differentiators
- Single +3.3V supply simplifies power-tree design (vs Generic 5V ADCs in the same speed class (e.g., AD9203ARU 5V variants))
- Low 125 mW dissipation enables portable / battery-powered designs (vs Faster 10-bit ADCs in same TQFP-32 footprint (e.g., 100 MSPS class devices at 250-400 mW))
- Parallel CMOS interface avoids external serializer (vs LVDS-output 10-bit ADCs in same speed class (e.g., ADC10040 40 MSPS LVDS))
Design Notes
Decouple each AVDD pin with a 100 nF ceramic capacitor placed within 5 mm of the pin, and provide a bulk 10 uF tantalum or ceramic capacitor on each supply plane. Use a ferrite bead between the analog (AVDD) and digital (DRVDD) supply rails if they are derived from the same +3.3V source, to prevent digital switching noise (toggling of D0-D9 at 30 MHz) from coupling into the analog input. Estimating from the datasheet's 125 mW typical dissipation, an LDO with at least 200 mA headroom is appropriate for any 4-layer FR-4 board layout.
The sampling clock (CLK) is a high-speed edge-sensitive input; route it as a 50-ohm controlled-impedance trace with a series 33-ohm damping resistor near the driver. Use a low-jitter clock source (jitter < 5 ps RMS) to preserve SNR at 30 MSPS - SNR degrades proportionally to clock jitter for full-scale input near Nyquist. Keep the analog input trace short and guarded with a ground pour on both sides; an external anti-aliasing RC filter with corner 0.4x Fs is recommended. The internal reference requires a 0.1 uF + 10 uF bypass network at the VREF pin; do not load REFIN with anything other than the VREF output or a low-impedance external reference.
Estimated: at 125 mW dissipation in the 32-TQFP-32 package, the junction temperature rise above ambient is small (typical theta_JA around 60-70 C/W for 4-layer board, yielding ~8-10 C rise at still air), so no heatsink is required. For enclosed chassis with minimal airflow, or for stacked multi-channel ADC boards, place thermal vias under the exposed die attach pad (if the package variant includes one) to spread heat to an internal ground plane. Operating at 30 MSPS continuously at +85C ambient is within the datasheet's derating envelope.
Do not leave the OE pin floating - tie it to GND to enable outputs or to DRVDD to tri-state the bus. Do not leave PD floating - tie to GND for normal operation. Do not drive the analog input beyond the AVDD rail; the ESD diodes will conduct and degrade linearity. Do not share a ground return between the analog input and the digital output bus on the schematic - split planes at the ADC's GND pins and stitch together at one point near the supply to avoid ground bounce coupling into the analog front end.
Compliance Information
/NOPB suffix confirms RoHS-compliant Pb-free lead finish. AEC-Q100 not applicable for this industrial-temperature data converter. Halogen-free status not stated in available web data; consult TI Material Declaration for confirmation.
